Van Dyke Parks - Hold Back Time lyrics

We painted inside and out with just a gallon of joy We had the girl and the boy And love was never a toy Just like that old rusty ford we restored out in back It made that clickety-clack Our new old house by the track At her window was a touch of lavender lace I remember her face Too many rainbows to chase Right through the cracks of the paint Come the tracks of the train Scatter like diamonds of rain Down our old blacktop two lane Hold back time Don't talk about tomorrow Tell that old clock on the wall He'll just have to call it a day Hold back time When we're in each other's arms We're in each other's arms So hold back time With that old country hymn spinning round in her brain She kept her fancy for play More than for fortune and fame Now when we feel every wheel spinnin' steel on that track We shake the dust off the sack In our old house by the track Hold back time Don't talk about tomorrow Tell that old clock on the wall He'll just have to call it a day Hold back time When we're in each other's arms We're in each other's arms So hold back time Time